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225 - Crisis, Layoffs, and Reinvention: What Every CEO Can Learn from Dan Rosensweig

February 5, 2026·40 min·3 clips

Dan Rosenzweig lost 48% of Chegg's value in five seconds after warning about ChatGPT on CNBC.

Dan Rosenzweig, CEO of Chegg, discusses leading through crisis after AI disrupted education, sharing lessons on transparency, reinvention, and handling layoffs with empathy. He reflects on personal leadership evolution and the intense pressures CEOs face in tech.

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A practical conversation about leading through disruption while staying credible under pressure.

Dan Rosensweig makes Chegg's disruption feel like a straightforward lesson in what happens when AI collides with an old education model. The episode lands best when it gets concrete about leadership under public pressure: spotting the shift before the numbers fall apart, making…

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